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Thelemic Culture Update is a monthly feature that brings together links to various announcements, writings, and events from around the web.

New Docosade of V:0: We have entered a new “docosade,” a period of 22 years! The Thelemic year is now written as “Anno V:o”. Hear more about this on the Speech in the Silence segment “Greetings of the New Docosade” by Joseph Thiebes. [Speech in the Silence]

Speech in the Silence:

Program #49 of Speech in the Silence with “The History & Liturgy of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica” by Joseph Thiebes, and “What You’re Made Of” & “Sacred Dove” by Amy Saari [Speech in the Silence]

Program #50 of Speech in the Silence with “Thelemic Values and the Wisdom of the Body” by IAO131, “Ezekiel” by Solve et Coagula, and “Spectral Heresy” by Revenant Cult [Speech in the Silence]

Program #51 of Speech in the Silence with “Greetings of the New Docosade” by Joseph Thiebes, “Nothing’s Wrong” by Amy Saari, “Alchemy in Colonial New England” part 2 by Greg Kaminsky, “Infernal Names” SickTanick, “Aleister Crowley, Thelema, and the Temptation of Libertarianism” by Keith Readdy, “Third Enochian Call” by Sa páh Iaida, “Liber LXV” reading by Mowgli, “Cops and Christians” by SINS, “Perspectives on Thelema” with Frater Aletheia and Joseph Thiebes, and “Angels and Demons” by Sa páh Iaida [Speech in the Silence]

Program #52 of Speech in the Silence with a Reading by Soror Aeterna and Frater IAO131: Liber Legis Chapter 3, “The Night” by Eron Falbo, “Perspectives on Thelema” with Frater IAO131 and Joseph Thiebes, “L.A. Under the Guise of No-Thing” by American Fado, “Living Thelema: Healing and Magick” by David Shoemaker, and “Beat the Drums” by Eron Falbo [Speech in the Silence]

Program #53 of Speech in the Silence with “Why is the last mile the hardest mile?: Mountaineering as an analogy for spiritual advancement in Julius Evola and Aleister Crowley” by Chris Giudice, “Wee” by American Fado, “Good of the Order: O.T.O. Slovenia” with Jure Sršen and Matjaž Lazar, “Pyramids” by Astari Nite
“Karl Johannes Germer: Saint of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica” by Soror Barbelo, “National Sleep Disorder” by American Fado, and “Living Thelema: Magick of the Gnostic Mass” by Dr. David Shoemaker [Speech in the Silence]

Two New O.T.O. Grand Lodges formed: The International Headquarters of Ordo Templi Orientis is pleased to announce the formation of two new Grand Lodges on May 17, 2014 e.v. The Grand Lodge of Croatia has been chartered under the leadership of the National Grand Master General Frater Abrasax X°. The Grand Lodge of Italy has been chartered under the leadership of the National Grand Master General Frater Phanes X°. We would like to applaud the hard work and dedication of all our Croatian and Italian brothers and sisters which made this possible. Along with the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, the total number of Grand Lodges now stands at five. Beyond the accomplishments of these countries individually, this represents a significant milestone in the development of the Order overall. [O.T.O. International]

OTOK V:0 – Evolution: OTOK V:0, the European Ordo Templi Orientis Conference, is scheduled to occur September 5th-9th 2014 e.v. @ Camping Park Soline, Biograd na Moru, Croatia. OTOK V:0 will focus on ways to develop local O.T.O. bodies and by that the Order in general. [OTOK V:O]

Gnostic Mass Video: Under the sponsorship of Anahata Rose Croix Chapter O.T.O., with the sanction of the U.S. O.T.O. Grand Lodge, we announce the release of a digital video of Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass. Live action audio-video footage streaming is available for viewing online at no charge. The same video is available for download as well, for a small donation fee. A version of the video with audio commentary from Frater Sabazius and Soror Helena is also available. [Vimeo]

To Perfect This Feast: James and Nancy Wasserman have also uploaded their own Gnostic Mass video to complement the book To Perfect This Feast. [YouTube]

Rutgers University hosts Academia Ordo Templi Orientis: Rutgers University Libraries, in association with Academia Ordo Templi Orientis, is holding a one-day colloquium entitled “The Soldier and the Seer: J.F.C. Fuller, Aleister Crowley and the British Occult Revival” on June 23 at Rutgers’ Alexander Library in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Founded in 2011, Academia Ordo Templi Orientis (AOTO) is a learned society consisting of initiate members of Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) and academic affiliates. The goal of AOTO is to foster interdisciplinary research on OTO and the religious doctrine of Thelema that the Order promotes, as well as on broader subjects related to esoteric traditions, both historical and contemporary. [O.T.O. International]

Scarlet Symposium 2014: Scarlet Woman Lodge, O.T.O. proudly presents the 4th annual Scarlet Symposium on June 21 & 22, 2014, a mystical gathering for seekers exploring the ancient mysteries, magical arts, metaphysics, and spiritual practice. This year’s theme is “The Circle of Arte,” which deals with the sphere of the Magician’s control – whether that is on the internal planes or in the world around us. Presenters touch on everything from the theoretical to the practical, including inner work, focus of will and emotions, and even practical considerations in designing and using a magick circle for ritual purposes. [Scarlet Woman Lodge]

Azul Nox’s 3rd Annual Solar Summer Camp out: Azul Nox O.T.O.’s yearly Solar Summer Camp Out is happening June 27th to 29th, 2014. The Solar Summer Camp Out is a rustic camping and ritual experience over two nights and three days on a 14 acre camp ground in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. our rituals and more Gnosis than you can shake a lance at! The focus is on rituals and personal gnostic experience of the attendees, and the nights are full of song, ecstasy and shared moments. Registration is open until June 15. [Azul Nox Encampment]

A Feast for the Supreme Ritual and a Feast for the Equinox of the Gods [IAO131]

Peaches Geldof dies: Peaches Geldof, who publicly promoted Thelema, tragically died at the age of 25. [Telegraph]

Simon Iff Stories: This volume – “Simon Iff Stories and Other Works” – brings together two series of short fiction by the poet, writer and religious philosopher Aleister Crowley (1875-1947). It includes the first complete publication of Simple Simon, the detective series featuring Crowley’s most memorable fictional creation, the mystic-magician-philosopher-psychoanalyst-detective Simon Iff. [Amazon]

India and the Occult: “India and the Occult: The Influence of South Asian Spirituality on Modern Western Occultism” is a new book by Gordan Djurdjevic which features Aleister Crowley on the cover. [Amazon]

Collective777: Collective777, the art guild of AUGL O.T.O., held a public artist reception for the ARCANA exhibit at Meinhart’s Gallery & Curio in Pitman, New Jersey. [Facebook]

Calendar: Collective777 has a Thelemic Year calendar available which goes from March 2014 – March 2015. [Collective777]

Lon DuQuette lecture tour: Lon Milo DuQuette is touring through Europe in May and June for a series of lectures including lectures in the Netherlands, England, Poland, Macedonia, and Germany. Check the announcements section of the latest Speech in the Silence blog post for more information about these lectures. [Speech in the Silence]

David Shoemaker lecture tour: David Shoemaker is touring through England in July for a series of lectures including lectures in London, Glastonbury, and Norwich. Check the announcements section of the latest Speech in the Silence blog post for more information about these lectures. [Speech in the Silence]

Wired on Jack Parsons: Wired came out with an article on Jack Parsons called “Occultist father of rocketry ‘written out’ of NASA history.’ [Wired]

Stela of Ankh-ef-en-khonsu: An audio-visual presentation of epigraphy and accompanying translation of the Egyptian funerary offering stela of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu from a perspective of contemporary Egyptology. [Youtube]

Thelemic Culture Update is a monthly feature that brings together links to various announcements, writings, and events from around the web.

Speech in the Silence:

Program #46 of Speech in the Silence with “NOTOCON IX Opening Remarks” by Lon DuQuette, the fourth part of “The Four Weapons of the True Magician” by IAO131, “NOTOCON IX Address” by Grand Master Sabazius X°, the fifth part of “The Integrated Magical Life” by Lon DuQuette and music by “Through the Second” [Speech in the Silence]

Joseph Thiebes on Thelema: Joseph Thiebes was interviewed on the “Where Did the Road Go?” program where they discuss Thelema, magick, Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons, and much more. [YouTube]

Best of the Equinox, Volume III: Sex Magick: The Best of the Equinox Vol 3 is now available, and includes works by Aleister Crowley such as The Gnostic Mass, Energized Enthusiasm, Liber A’ash, Liber Chath, and Liber Stellae Rubeae, and more. Edited by Lon Milo DuQuette. [Amazon]

Thoth Tarot part of the Best of the 55th Venice Biennale: Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris’s Thoth Tarot cards rate among the “Best of the Biennale” [DazedDigital]

The Parables and Lessons of Liber LXV by IAO131 now available: Thelemic author IAO131 came out with a new book that elucidates seven parables from the tradition of Thelema, drawn from one of its Holy Books known as ‘Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente sub figura LXV,’ or simply ‘Liber LXV.’ Also included is a brief appendix examining the question of whether Thelema is a religion or not. [Lulu]

Sy Calaelen: Thelemic blogger tackles the subjects of having done one’s Will all along and the Holy Guardian Angel. [Sy Calaelen]

Thelemic Culture Update is a monthly feature that brings together links to various announcements, writings, and events from around the web.

Speech in the Silence: Program #43 of Speech in the Silence with “The Integrated Magical Life pt. 2” by Lon Milo DuQuette, the first part of a lecture by IAO131 on “The 4 Weapons of a True Magician,” a readings from Dr. David Shoemaker’s new book Living Thelema: A Practical Guide to Attainment in Aleister Crowley’s System of Magick. [Speech in the Silence]

Living Thelema the book: Dr. David Shoemaker has announced the release of Living Thelema: A Practical Guide to Attainment in Aleister Crowley’s System of Magick. Adapted from the popular podcast segment of the same name, Living Thelema brings a welcome approachability to Crowley’s material, without diminishing the depth of the system. The author focuses on the practical and experiential aspects of the path of Thelema, allowing the reader to grasp the true transformative power of the system. Pre-orders are now available for the trade paperback, hardbound, and special edition leather-bound editions. [Living Thelema]

Aleister Crowley on the History Channel: Aleister Crowley was featured on The History Channel’s show “How Sex Changed the World.” It portrays him fairly positively and has far less inaccuracies than many depictions of him. [YouTube]

OTO Local Body History Map: Compiled from the archives of the Electoral College, this tool was created to visualize the growth of OTO local bodies over the years. [keepsilence]

Kenneth Anger on ‘Lucifer Rising’: The Guardian published an interview with Kenneth Anger on how Lucifer Rising was created. [The Guardian]

AMeTh Lodge Journal, I:2: AMeTh Lodge in London, UK released the newest issue of their journal. This beautifully produced, 168-page issue includes some amazing art as well as articles on Crowley’s views on spiritualism, an interview with Lon DuQuette, a Thelemic approach to astrology, an account of Crowley’s trip to Russia with his troupe of Ragged Ragtime Girls, a Thelemic fable, and much more. [AMeTh OTO]

IAO131: Thelemic author IAO131 has a couple new pieces:

Liber ARARITA: A commentary has been written by IAO131 on the oft-neglected Holy Book of Thelema, Liber ARARITA. [IAO131]

Rituals of the Elements: Another Ritual of the Elements for the Vernal Equinox written by IAO131 is now available. [IAO131]

Interview with Joseph Thiebes: “Where Did the Road Go?” did an interview about Aleister Crowley with Joseph Thiebes, a founding co-producer of Speech in the Silence and the man behind the AC2012 campaign. [Where Did the Road Go?]

Essay on Belief and the Creed: In this article written for his Deacon ordination, Frater M.P.D. writes about belief as a magical tool within the contexts of Thelema and scientific illuminism. [Force & Fire]

Frater Achad’s book QBL inscribed to Aleister Crowley: The first edition of Frater Achad’s book QBL: The Bride’s Reception is for sale. This is the copy that Frater Achad personally inscribed to Aleister Crowley with the words “To my Beloved Father / 666 / in the hope that this, my / first book, may meet with / his approval / 777.” It is currently going for over $39,900. [Abebooks]

Thelemic Culture Update is a monthly feature that brings together links to various announcements, writings, and events from around the web.

Speech in the Silence: Program #42 of Speech in the Silence is now out with “The Integrated Magical Life pt.1” by Lon Milo DuQuette, “Living Thelema: Advice from the Tree of Life” by Dr. David Shoemaker, and music by Oliver Althoen, The Green Man, and Shams 93; [Speech in the Silence]

Magick available in French: The entire 4-part Magick, Crowley’s magnum opus that is also known as “Liber ABA” and “Book Four,” is now available in French for the first time. [Amazon]

Portuguese film about Aleister Crowley and Fernando Pessoa: Imagens de Seculo is producing a film in Portuguese about Aleister Crowely and Fernando Pessoa called “Hino a Pã – O Último Sortilégio” (‘Hymn to Pan – The Last Sortilege’). A new trailer is now available. [Hino a Pã]

Book of Sketches: A new book entitled Book of Sketches Reproduces in full a series of colour and black and white sketches, mostly of women, from a sketchbook utilised by Aleister Crowley from the late 1930s to the early 1940s, and now preserved in the Yorke collection. Introduction by Keith Richmond and David Tibet; limited to 418 copies. [Weiser Antiquarian]

Aleister Crowley screenplay: Underground filmmaker Carlos Atanes has been trying to make a movie about Aleister Crowley and his Magick for more than ten years. The screenplay titled “Aleister Crowley in the Mouth of Hell” is now available such as it was written and never filmed. [Carlos Atanes]

IAO131:

Thelema Sutras: Frater IAO131 releases a new book titled “Thelema Sutras.” Thelema Sutras contains several texts in the style of Hindu Upanishads as well as some in the style Buddhist sutras. Included in the middle of the book is ‘The Lost Sutra of Harold,’ a humorous interlude that tackles things from Western philosophy to astral travel to transcending logic to the Holy Guardian Angel. [Lulu]

Yama & Niyama of Thelema: Frater IAO131 writes a new essay on the “Yama” and “Niyama” of Thelema and how they relate to the idea of an “ideal Thelemite” [IAO131]

Is Thelema a Religion or not?: Frater IAO131 weighs in on the ever-present debate as to whether Thelema is a religion or not. [IAO131]

Gnostic Mass video: Anahata Chapter of the O.T.O. Rose Croix, with the sanction of the United States Grand Lodge, O.T.O., is proud to sponsor the making of a professionally produced, high quality video of Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass. [Indiegogo]

News from OTO IHQ: O.T.O. International Headquarters has announced several important news items, listed below. [OTO IHQ]

Thoth Tarot art exhibition: O.T.O. IHQ and the Warburg Institute have arranged for the inclusion of nine of the Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris Thoth Tarot paintings at The 55th International Art Exhibition, or Venice Biennale (June 1, 2013 – November 24, 2013) [OTO IHQ]

Thoth Tarot restoration: O.T.O. has raised the necessary funds to restore the original Thoth Tarot paintings, and this Thoth Tarot restoration project is now completed. [OTO IHQ]

Copyright litigation against US Games: O.T.O. is filing suit in U.S. Federal Court against U.S. Games Systems, and perhaps others, over the Thoth Tarot Deck. [OTO IHQ]

Publishing news: All of Crowley’s surviving diaries are now in page proofs— totaling over 6,000 pages as things now stand. A new edition of The Holy Books of Thelema are currently in final proofs, there is a new edition of The Diary of a Drug-Fiend, and many other newly-mastered versions of out of print ‘backlist’ titles. [OTO IHQ]

Fill/Kill: Hymenaeus Beta came into possession of Crowley’s copy of ‘Thelema,’ i.e. The Holy Books, which includes “a very important text correction to Liber CCXX III:37,” specifically a marginal note that corrects “fill me!” to “kill me!” in the text of Liber CCXX. [OTO IHQ]

Fill/Kill controversy: As one might expect from a change to teh central Holy Book of a religion, there has been a fair bit of controversy around this supposed “correction” to Liber CCXX. Here are some written responses to this “Fill/Kill controversy.”

The Hermetic Library weighs in with a fairly extensive analysis of the situation. [Hermetic Library blog]

This has also led to several incredibly poor instances of tabloid “journalism” that took the opportunity to remind us that we have not come far at all since the days when Crowley was demonized as “The Wickedest Man in the World.” [Daily Mail]